Patrick Macnee

“I'm not a person who has people tell me what to do. I'm a person who does what I want to do.”

“The Avengers was a series that was so ahead of its time, I think.”

“I lived in a gulag in Southern California. It was a gated community.”

“I was never a leading man. I've always been in the background.”

“I loved John Steed.”

“I am a man of peace, I am very peaceful.”

“I can't stand violence. I can't stand the sight of blood. And I'm a pacifist.”

“One of the things I am very proud of is that I am the same person in public as I am in private.”

“I have no vanity. I have no ego. I'm happy with all my flaws. It's really you who have a problem with my flaws.”

“My father thought that to be a manager of a brewery was a far more important job than being an actor.”

“I was brought up to be a gentleman. That means you know how to walk, talk, and dress the part.”

“I think humor is the most important thing in life. It's the only thing that gets us through the day.”

“I'm a survivor. I've been through a lot of things. I'm a great believer in the fact that it's not what happens to you in life, it's what you do about it.”